Committee structure

Full Council

Council
meetings involve all elected County Councillors. The Full Council is
responsible for approving the Council's:-

·Policy
Framework

·Budget

·Strategic
Direction

Also,
Full Council meetings will deal with overarching issues where it is
felt that a majority decision from all Councillors is required.

The
public is welcome to attend full Council meetings which commence at
7pm at Catmose however, on occasion,
you may be asked to exit the meeting whilst confidential and/or
exempt information is considered.

Committee

The Council will appoint the
Committees set out in the left hand column of the table
Responsibility for Council Functions in Part 3 of the
Constitution to discharge the functions described in column 3
of that table.

Executive

The
Cabinet comprises the Leader of the Council plus up to nine elected
County Councillors.

The
Cabinet prepares Council policies and budgets and is responsible
for most day-to-day decision making. The Cabinet also provides
leadership and accountability for the local community. Each of
the Cabinet Members are responsible
for a specified policy area.

The
Cabinet works to a Forward
Plan that sets out matters which the Leader of the
Council believes will be the subject of a key decision to be taken
by the Cabinet.

Scrutiny

The Council will appoint the
Scrutiny Panels to discharge the functions conferred by Section 21
of the Local Government Act 2000 or any regulations made under
Section 32 of the Local Government Act 2000. Scrutiny Panels will:

a) review and/or scrutinise
decisions made or actions taken in connection with the discharge of
any of the Council’s functions;

b) review, develop or propose
policies in connection with the discharge of any of the Council's
functions;

c) make reports and/or
recommendations to the full Council and/or the Cabinet and/or any
policy, joint or Area Committee in connection with the discharge of
any functions;

d) consider any matter affecting
the area or its inhabitants; and

e) exercise the right to call-in,
for reconsideration, decisions made but not yet implemented by the
Cabinet and/or any joint or Area Committees.